History of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, USA

Sandisfield, Massachusetts
Berkshire county. This is an elevated township at the S.E. corner of the county, on the line of Connecticut. It is watered by a pleasant stream, a branch of Farmington river. The soil is generally good, particularly for pasturage. Considerable wool is grown in this town and a large amount of leather tanned. Sandisfield is 124 miles W. by S. from Boston, 18 S.E. by S. from Lenox, and 38 E. from Hudson, N.Y. Incorporated, 1762. Population, 1837, 1,493.

Sandisfield was greatly enlarged in 1819, by the annexation of a district at the south, containing eleven thousand acres.

It is separated from Tolland, in Hampden county, by Farmington River, on the bank of which Hanging Mountain presents an almost perpendicular front, four hundred and fifty feet high.

The land is hilly, and good for grazing. Some wool is raised, and much leather tanned.

Distance from Lenox, 20 miles ; from Boston, 116.

Sandisfield, a post-township in Berkshire co., Massachusetts, 122 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1649.

Sandisfield is a large agricultural town forming the southeastern extremity of Berkshire County. On the north are Monterey and Otis, on the east the latter and Tolland, on the west New Marlborough and Monterey, and on the south Norfolk and Colebrook, in Connecticut.

The area is about 30,000 acres; of which 29,626 are assessed. From 10,000 to 15,000 acres are forest, consisting of maple, beech, birch, hemlock, pine and other woods. The leading rock is felspathic gneiss. The soil is gravelly in the east, and sandy loam in the west. Seymour Mountain, near the southern line, has an altitude of 1,698 feet. Hanging Mountain, on the west bank of the Farmington River, presents a perpendicular front of rock 300 feet in height, from which fragments of stone, loosened by the rain and frost, sometimes come crashing down with tremendous violence. Farmington River, running southward, and forming the eastern line of the town, affords much power at its numerous descents. Spectacle Ponds, in the...

San'disfield, a post-township of Berkshire co., Mass. about 30 miles W. of Springfield is bounded on the E. by the Farmington River. Pop, about 1000.

Sandisfield, a post-township (town) of Berkshire co., Mass., about 30 miles W. of Springfield. Pop. in 1900, 661.